2017 SESSION

HB 2135 Medical marijuana; written certification.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Medical marijuana; written certification.
Allows a person to possess marijuana or tetrahydrocannabinol pursuant
to a valid written certification issued by a physician for the treatment
of any medical condition and allows a physician or pharmacist to distribute
such substances without being subject to prosecution. Under current
law, a person has an affirmative defense to prosecution for possession
of marijuana if the marijuana is in certain forms and the person has
been issued a written certification by a physician that such marijuana
is for the purposes of treating or alleviating the person's symptoms
of intractable epilepsy. The bill requires that the person issued
the written certification register with the Board of Pharmacy which
will issue the person an identification card upon registration. The
bill also clarifies that the penalties for forging or altering a recommendation
for medical marijuana or for making or uttering a false or forged
recommendation are the same as the penalties for committing the same
acts with regard to prescriptions.